Disney Animated Shorts On Blu-ray: Rate them!

[The_Iceflash]

So, looking at the Disney Animated Shorts released on Blu-ray thus far, how would you rate their presentation (video/audio quality, etc)? Do you consider any of these presentations to be the definitive one video/audio quality wise? What shorts do you predict will end up on 2012's releases? Do you think a Blu-ray animated collection is coming soon?

Silly Symphonies:

The Skeleton Dance (1929): Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (HD)
Babes in the Woods (1932): Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (HD)
Flowers and Trees (1932): Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (HD)
The China Shop (1934): Beauty and the Beast (HD)
The Flying Mouse (1934): Dumbo (HD)
The Goddess of Spring (1934): Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (HD)
The Grasshopper and the Ants (1934): A Bug's Life (HD)
Music Land (1935): Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (HD) and Beauty and the Beast (HD)
Elmer Elephant (1936): Dumbo (HD)
The Old Mill (1937): Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (HD) and Bambi (SD)

Mickey Mouse Shorts:

Steamboat Willie (1928): Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (HD)
Playful Pluto (1934): Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (HD)
On Ice (1935): Bambi (HD)
Thru the Mirror (1937): Alice in Wonderland (HD)
Canine Caddy (1941): Bambi (HD)

Donald Duck Shorts:

Working for Peanuts (1953): Disney 3D Showcase Disc (HD) (3D)

Laugh-O-Grams:

Cinderella (1922): Beauty and the Beast (HD)
Little Red Riding Hood (1922): Beauty and the Beast (HD)
Puss in Boots (1922): Beauty and the Beast (HD)
The Four Musicians of Bremen (1922): Beauty and the Beast (HD)

Others:

Destino (2003): Fantasia 2000 (HD)

[Will Barks]

Those Laugh-O-Grams were just upscaled within this documentary feature, not native HD. I was quite disappointed when the disk came out. They look like VHS.

[The_Iceflash]

Those Laugh-O-Grams were just upscaled within this documentary feature, not native HD. I was quite disappointed when the disk came out. They look like VHS.

Ouch. Not good for the Laugh-O-Grams.

[jpanimation]

Well just look at how many of those were actually restored, since Disney isn’t going to release these on Blu-ray unrestored, and many of those shorts were just unconverted or utilizing OLD transfers (with color inconsistencies, dirt, scratches, warps, unstable brightness, and shaky camera). I’ll just repost what I said in The Mini-Adventures of Winnie-the-Pooh thread:

“If I had to see something positive in all this, it's that the "Have a Laugh!" shorts and "The Mini-adventures of Winnie the Pooh" shorts appear to have fully restored the original sources in HD to fool the kids into thinking it's new and I anticipate we'll get the original unaltered ones on Blu-ray fairly soon because of it (we got Thru the Mirror on Alice in Wonderland's Blu-ray fully restored and outside the altered title card, it looked fantastic). A Blu-ray for a fully restored The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh shouldn't be too far off, since we can plainly see the HD restoration is ready and I'm sure it would make a great tie-in with Winnie-the Pooh.”

So as far as I can tell, Thru the Mirror is the only short released on Blu-ray thus far that seems to be restored. Of course, if you look up the "Have a Laugh!" shorts on YouTube - many of which are in HD - you will see that most of them have been restored and are ready for Blu.

[The_Iceflash]

Well just look at how many of those were actually restored, since Disney isn’t going to release these on Blu-ray unrestored, and many of those shorts were just unconverted or utilizing OLD transfers (with color inconsistencies, dirt, scratches, warps, unstable brightness, and shaky camera). I’ll just repost what I said in The Mini-Adventures of Winnie-the-Pooh thread:

“If I had to see something positive in all this, it's that the "Have a Laugh!" shorts and "The Mini-adventures of Winnie the Pooh" shorts appear to have fully restored the original sources in HD to fool the kids into thinking it's new and I anticipate we'll get the original unaltered ones on Blu-ray fairly soon because of it (we got Thru the Mirror on Alice in Wonderland's Blu-ray fully restored and outside the altered title card, it looked fantastic). A Blu-ray for a fully restored The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh shouldn't be too far off, since we can plainly see the HD restoration is ready and I'm sure it would make a great tie-in with Winnie-the Pooh.”

So as far as I can tell, Thru the Mirror is the only short released on Blu-ray thus far that seems to be restored. Of course, if you look up the "Have a Laugh!" shorts on YouTube - many of which are in HD - you will see that most of them have been restored and are ready for Blu.

This sounds promising! Hopefully next year will be the year.